Atlantic fleet arrives for week long California welcome
The Atlantic battle-ship fleet anchored at San Pedro on Saturday and will receive a seven day hospitality program across Los Angeles and nearby cities. Officials expect thousands of visitors as five days of shore leave and varied entertainments including boxing championships, a wild west show, barbecues and concerts are arranged, with transport provided for sailors between beaches and ships.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
T Ho
Floet
Southern California
Pacific Coast
Long Beach
San Pedro
Redondo
Venice
Ocean Park
Santa Monica
Santa Ana County
San Pedro Bay
Thomas
Metcalf
Harper
M. H. Flint
Entertainment Committee
Connecticut
Arizona
Politician Shot at Father’s Home in St Louis
Edgar Smythe a former member of the house of delegates and notable in politics was shot twice and slightly wounded at his father Charles Smythe’s home in St Louis. Charles Smythe was arrested Saturday in connection with the incident.
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Shot Bown
St. Louis
Edgar Smythe
House of Delegates
Charles Smythe
Coal Gas Kills Four in West 154th Street Boiler Room
One person died and three others were overcome by gas in a house boiler room on West One Hundred and Fifty-fourth street Saturday in New York. Police and fire units responded to the incident. The identity of the deceased and the full cause remain under investigation.
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New York
West One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Street
Anonymous Epistles Probed in House Inquiry over Submarine Legislation
Washington lawmakers hear handwriting expert David Carvalho testify on anonymous letters tied to the Fleckrie Boat Company scandal. Representative Lilley accuses authorship of cowardly communications aimed at damaging Rep Lord and influencing elections. Carvalho compares a pair of letters to many typewritten documents, presenting charts and deduced identities.
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Washington, Apr
Electric Hoan Company
George Lilles. Imder
David NL ON
Carvalho
Lake Torpedo Beat Company
Comimittee
House
Lilley
Lord
Michigan
Montell
David H. Carvalho
Washington
Frank Edinborough
Congress
Loud
Stones Hurl At Soldiers As Striking Cars Pause
Chester, Pa. state police, brought in to keep order during a street car strike, report only minor clashes. More than 60 troopers who camped outside the city returned to town and were pelted with stones and sticks by sympathizers near Edgemont street car barn before troopers charged the crowd. No injuries were reported.
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Chester
Edgemont Street
Drainage Scheme Knocked Out in Horicon Marsh
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that forming a drainage system for 35 000 acres of land known as Horicon Marsh is impossible because it would interfere with Rock River as a navigable waterway and disturb Hustisford lake. The ruling affects about 150 property owners near Horicon Madison April 20.
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Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Horicon Marsh
Rock River
Hustisford Lake
Horicon
Theater Panic Averted In Saginaw Gas Plant Fire
Dense smoke from a neighboring gasoline lighting plant caused the Bijou theater to be emptied in two minutes without panic. Flames shot 60 feet high as the audience evacuated, but exits remained clear and orderly under coal heads.
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Saginaw, Mich
Cakes Oregon Nominee for Senate and House
Election returns received Saturday indicate H. M. Cake wins the Republican nomination for United States senator over Charles W. Fulton. W. R. Ellis, the incumbent, defeats former Gov. T. T. Gee and George S. Shepperd for the nomination to represent the Second district.
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Cakes
Oregon
Portland
Ore
H. M. Cake
United States
Charles W. Fulton
W. R. Ellis
T. T. Gee
George 8
Indiana's Rhodes Scholar Named From Wabash College
Crawfordsville Ind April 26 Word was received here that Claude Pifer of the graduating class of 1906 at Wabash College has been selected for the Rhodes scholarship.
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Indiana
Crawfordsville
Ind
Claude Pifer
Wabash College
Alleged Murderer Burns to Death in Jail Fire
A Seneca Kan special reports James Lally charged with murder was burned to death as a jail at St Joseph Missouri burned Saturday. The incident follows the jail blaze that killed the inmate during the weekend.
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St Joseph
Seneca
Kan
James Lally
Minassan Quits the Navy Resignation Accepted for Lieut Commander
Washington April 20 The secretary of the navy has accepted the resignation of Lieut Commander Charles lockwalter. He was appointed to the navy from Illinois.
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Minassan
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Charles §Lockwalter
Illinois
Receiver Appointed for O'Dell Brokerage Firm Amid Financial Rumors
In Cincinnati on April 20 the state court named Thomas J. Cogan as receiver for the O'Dell Brokerage Company after an application by John M. Scott, holder of 300 shares, who claims the firm owes him $7,300. The firm, capitalized at 250000 dollars, has been short of cash and facing about 150000 dollars in indebtedness, with plans to close operations. The company has long appeared in public due to numerous litigations involving the Chicago Board of Trade and Western Union, some reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Cincinnati
O'Dell Brokerage Company
Remiers
Thomas J. Cogan
John M. Scott
Cogan
Odell Company
William Odell
John M. Gorman
William C. Dudley
Chicago Board of Trade
Western Union
Odell People
Chicago Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Arrest of Keaney After Five Years in St Louis Case
Frank Cullen Keaney, sought for five years on a charge of disfiguring his wife by dashing carbolic acid in her face, was recognized on a street by Hubert R. Estes, the victim’s father and an insurance man, and arrested.
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St. Louis
Apr
Frank Cullen Keaney
Hubert R. Estes
Four Drown in Canada as Scow Upsets on Battle River
Winnipeg April 20. Four workers drowned after a scow crossing Battle river was swamped by freshets. Nine Grand Trunk Pacific railway laborers were thrown into the water in the incident and four perished.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Battle River
Grand Tyaunk Pacific Railway
Vanderbilt divorce decree reported in New York
New York on April 20 reports Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has been granted a divorce from her billionaire husband. Justice O Gorman reportedly signed the decree though details are undisclosed. Settlement talks centered on a large securities payment with conflicts over a Newport, Oakland Farm, and custody plan for their seven year old son William Henry Vanderbilt.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Willionaire
Justice O'Gorman
America
Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt
Newport Place
Oakland Farm
Italy to Overawe Turk Over Turkish post offices
Rome Apr 20 Orders for an Italian squadron to refrain from demonstrations in Turkish waters due to Turkey objecting to Italian post offices in Turkish territory. The move is not linked to the Tripoli issue. The duke of the Abruzzi commands the battleship forming part of the squadron and is to be ready to sail. Ex-Postmaster General Don M Dickinson to a sanitarium in Flint Mich after nervous breakdown.
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Rome
Turkey
Tripoli
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Detroit
Mich
Normer
Don M. Dickinson
Cleveland
Flint
Roads Increase Death Rate in New York March
New York reports forty four persons killed on traction lines and railroads in March, ten more than February. A total of 405 accidents occurred, with 2,631 people injured and 167 seriously.
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New York
Russia Exercises Its Treaty Rights Over Persian Border
Russia presses its pact powers as brigand bands in northern Persia are shelled by Slav troops. Reinforcements flow from Baku and Lenkoran to protect the line of communication. The Russian commander reports rising anarchy, with seven soldier deaths, while Turkish mobilization looms nearby.
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St. Petersburg
Oitea
Russia
Persia
Front Britaain
Foreign Office
Yillis
Belosuyar
Baku
Lenkoran
Tabriz
Teheran
Mistchenko
Tiflis
Kars
Tifils
Fight for big navy continues after party line
Washington reports Rep Hobson says the fight for a large navy remains ongoing with broader scope than party. He notes four battleships would have gained Democratic votes if not made partisan in the House.
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Washington
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
John Sharp Williams
News in a Nutshell with Lost Lives and Deaths
Unidentified vessel near Vancouver Island with Mel Ulster aboard possibly involved in a life event. Herbert Johnson, a newspaper man, died in a jail fire at Sunnes Kansas amid suspicions of arson. Edward H. Jack, Peoria magnate, died of heart failure at 85 after a family estate contest. Charles March of Toronto, a Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators official, died in Montreal. Henry C. Urner, railroad official and Mason, aged 65, died. A 60-year-old copper cent swallowed by James Huckins caused his death after years in his stomach and an abscess.
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Mel Ulster
Vancouver Island
Consis
Ives Galty
Herbert Johnson
Sunees
Kan
Lilly
Edward H. Jack
Peoria
Charles March
Toronto
Brotherhood of Paintery and Decorators of America
Montreal
New York State
Ohio
Michigan
Canada
Ilenry C. Urner
Little Miami Railroad
Supreme Council of the Thirty-third Degree Masons
At Cinelumati
National Insurance Company
James Huckins
Laporte
Ind
Anna Gould to wed Prince Helie de Sagan in secret marriage
Paris reports the marriage of Mme Anna Gould, formerly wife of Count Boni de Castelane, to Prince Helie de Sagan, her cousin. The Cri de Paris claims a secret ceremony occurred in a town on the eastern frontier, with confirmation from Mme Gould in New York. The paper says the union could be dissolved for legal reasons, though the families are consoled.
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Paris
Cri de Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Boni de Castelane
Helie de Sagan
Paner
Germany
New York
Mme. Gould
Jealous Husband Kills Wife Then Flees in Coxsackie
Burton Whitbeck, about 30, fatally shot his wife aged around 25 as she neared her home in Coxsackie New York on April 20. He reportedly acted in a jealous rage after she refused reconciliation and escaped the scene.
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Coxsackie
Burton Whitbeck
Whitbeck
Chicago Market Prices for Grains Livestock and Poultry
Grain and provisions report from Chicago and Omaha markets with Apr 13 and Apr 18 price ranges. Includes flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, eggs, potatoes, cattle, hogs, sheep, and live poultry quotes with varying grades and conditions.
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Chicago
Minnesota
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Hast End
Pittsburgh
Crucible Steel Company
Prince
Trip
Lansing
D. H. Carlisle
Green Bay
John F. Bertles
Kellogg National Bank
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